Archive for August, 2008

Safely back at home

August 30, 2008

Alishia & I are safe back home in Penang after our recent assignment in Phuket. If you haven’t read the news, Phuket International Airport was sieged by anti-government protesters yesterday afternoon. Thank God that we were in the last flight out of Phuket.

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Phuket is a beautiful place to visit and we had a great time there.

After a long and fun session, Kenny & Suyin was overly kind enough to treat us with one of Phuket’s best Thai restaurant at the Hilton Resort.

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If you’re new to Thai food, you might want to consider the ‘Beginners’ menu.

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The beautiful couple, Kenny & Suyin with Alishia & I at the restaurant’s entrance.

We’re experiencing Internet problems at our office and we have extreme difficulties accessing our emails (Argh!!) I’ve contacted the service provider and their technicians are only coming by to figure out what’s wrong within the next 2-3 working days. I’ll try to drop by Starbucks once a while to download and reply emails. At the mean time, please bear with us and we will try out best to reply your email within 48 hours.

Away to Phuket!

August 26, 2008

We’re rather disappointed with FireFlyz. Through our experience, they often change their flight schedule 60% of the time, and often do it just 2-3 days before your flight. It has caused so much inconvenience especially when you’ve already made appointments and hotel arrangements. So if any of you guys are flying using FireFlyz, be prepared to have your flight schedule changed and have a back up plan if it does. I really hope these guys do something about this.

Anyway, Alishia & I will be away to Phuket tomorrow for a shoot and we won’t have access to our emails for the next 3 days. We’ll reply you the moment we reach our office. I heard that it’s going to rain and we’re praying for good weather!!

The Kee Family

August 22, 2008

It’s the mid-year school holiday and it’s the perfect time for a fun and casual family portrait! Thank you Colin and Kelly for giving us the opportunity to photograph your lovely family. We sure did have fun and we hope that all of you did too.

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In the mood for love

August 18, 2008

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“Conclusion – hire Whizarts.”

My husband and I are based in London but wanted to do a pre-wedding shoot in Penang, his hometown. We scoured for photographers and it made us realize that a lot of the mainstream professionals are based in KL and needed to be flown in. However, we felt that we would have better peace of mind to use someone local having experience shooting in the many beautiful locations Penang rich heritage has to offer. Finally, we found a Penang-based Whizarts led by Ke Wynn. His repertoire is large, but there were some pictures on their blog and website that really struck a chord and we knew we were on the same wavelength in terms of the type of pictures we wanted.

The pre-wedding shoot in Penang was something both of us were very anxious and excited about. The temples, pre-war houses, colonial architecture and cultural museums of Penang resonate much more in Malaysians as we have grown to know it as our history and values. With Ke Wynn behind the lens, he was very quick to interpret our requirements and on the day of the shoot, was able to compose the pictures easily so that we captured the right mood and environment.

We found it really easy to work with Ke Wynn and he was very good at putting us at ease. During the whole process, he taught and guided us through various poses that were very flattering for the camera. I believe every couple has their “moment of truth” with photographers, when they finally are able to view their work for the first time to see what the end product is. Ke Wynn didn’t let us down.

Ke Wynn put together our slideshow in 24 hours and kindly agreed to include some pre-wedding pictures that we took in London. It served as the perfect start to our wedding dinner and we received so many compliments that night and till today. We really loved the end results, and there are some amazing shots which according to our guests, reminded them of the movie “In The Mood For Love”.

Ke Wynn and Alishia, thank you both so much. The pictures are truly phenomenal and we are very impressed and will vouch for you. It’s definitely something we will treasure forever and by the way, we still watch the slideshow every now and again! Can’t help it!”

Thien Yao & Yie Lin

Thank you Thien Yao & Yie Lin for your kind words! You’ve just made our day!! Check out Thien Yao & Yie Lin’s photos here.

Rika & Sean – by Ke Wynn

August 13, 2008

Rika & Sean had a destination wedding here in Penang and selected Cheong Fatt Tze as their venue for their big day. Rika & Sean engaged Focal Concepts as their wedding planner and Susan recommended them to do a Peranakan wedding theme. Their wedding was even featured in a few local newspaper, and I had to fight off with a few press photographers to get my job done. Oh well, at least it made the entire wedding exciting and full of adrenaline rush. Here are the highlights of their wedding.

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Rika getting ready in her Nonya costume.

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Putting on the veil

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Sean having a can of beer to cool down in his Baba costume

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Sean walked over to Equator with his entourage to pick the bride up

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It a hen! According to tradition, Sean & Rika will be getting a baby daughter.

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Here is a write up on their wedding at a local newspaper

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